1. (

• spot ,
• bit ,

) a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind" ;

2. (

• bit ,
• chip ,
• flake ,
• fleck ,
• scrap

) a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" ;

3. (

• moment ,
• mo ,
• minute ,
• second ,
• bit

) an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" ;

4. (

• piece ,
• bit

) an instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" ;

5. (

• bit ,

) piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit" ;

6. (

• bit

) a unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte" ;

7. (

• morsel ,
• bit ,
• bite ,

) a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread" ;

8. (

• snatch ,
• bit ,

) a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation" ;

9. (

• act ,
• routine ,
• number ,
• turn ,
• bit

) a short performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" ;

10. (

• bit ,

) the part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers ;

11. (

• bit

) the cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit" ;